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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes  /  Notes  technique  et  bibliographiques 


The  Institute  tias  attempted  to  obtain  the  best  original 
copy  available  tor  filming.  Features  of  this  copy  which 
may  be  blbliographically  unique,  which  may  alter  any  of 
the  images  in  the  reproduction,  or  which  may 
significantly  change  the  usual  method  of  filming  are 
checked  below. 


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Coloured  covers  / 
Couverture  de  couleur 

Covers  damaged  / 
Couverture  endommagee 

Covers  restored  and/or  laminated  / 
Couverture  restaur^  et/ou  pelliculee 

Cover  title  missing  /  Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 

Coloured  maps  /  Cartes  geographiques  en  couleur 

Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)  / 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 

Cotoured  plates  and/or  illustretkMis  / 
Planches  et/ou  Illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  material  / 
Rell6  avec  d'autres  documents 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  MItion  disponible 

Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  Interior  margin  /  La  reliure  serr^e  peut 
causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la  dislorsion  le  long  de 
la  marge  Int^rieure. 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoratk>ns  may  appear 
within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these  have 
been  omitted  from  fUming  /  II  se  peut  que  certaines 
pages  blanches  ajout^es  tors  d'une  restauration 
appaialssent  dans  le  texle,  mais,  kirsque  cela  6tait 
possible,  ces  pages  n'ont  pas  ^  IBm^es. 


AddWonal  comments  / 
Commentaires  suppKmentalres: 


L'Institut  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  examplaire  qu'il  lui  a 
6t6  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details  de  cet  exem- 
plaire  qui  sont  peut-6tre  uniques  du  point  de  vue  bibli- 
ographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier  une  image  reproduite, 
ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une  modifications  dans  la  m«h- 
ode  normale  de  filmage  sont  indiqu6s  ci-dessous. 

I     I     Cok>ured  pages/ Pages  de  couleur 

I     I      Pages  damaged/ Pages  endommagies 

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Pages  restaurtes  et/ou  peilicul^es 

[2      Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  toxed  / 
^^^      Pages  d«eok)r6es,  tachettes  ou  piqutes 

I     I      Pages  detached/ Pages  d«achies 

r^     Showthrough  /  Transparence 

I     I      Quality  of  print  varies  / 

— '      Quality  Inegale  de  I'impression 

I     I      Includes  sunplementary  material  / 

Comprend  du  materiel  suppl^mentaire 

r^  Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
"^  slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image  /  Les  pages 
totalement  ou  partiellement  obscurcies  par  un 
teuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure,  etc.,  ont  ete  filmees 
a  nouveeu  de  fa;on  a  obtenir  la  melllsure 
image  possible. 

I  I  Opposing  pages  with  varying  colouration  or 
discolourations  are  filmed  twree  to  ensure  the 
best  possible  image  /  Les  pages  s'opposant 
ayant  des  colorations  variables  ou  des  decol- 
orations sont  filmees  deux  fois  afin  d'oblenir  la 
meilleur  image  possible. 


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Th«  copy  filmad  har«  hat  bMn  raproducad  thanki 
to  iha  ganaroailv  of: 

National  Library  of  Canada 


L'axamplaira  (llmt  fut  raproduii  grlca  t  la 
e^ntroiit*  da: 

Bibliothdqua  nationala  du  Canada 


Tha  imaga*  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  bail  quality 
pouibla  conaidaring  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  apaciflcationa. 


Lat  imagaa  tuivantaa  ont  ttt  raproduitai  avac  la 
piua  grand  loin.  eompta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattat*  da  raxamplaira  filmt,  at  an 
conformlt*  avac  laa  eonditiona  du  eontrat  da 
filmaga. 


Original  copiaa  in  printad  papar  covars  ara  filmad 
baginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
Iha  laat  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  Impraa- 
lion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  copiaa  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
firat  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
aion,  and  anding  on  tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illuatratad  impraaaion. 


Laa  axamplairaa  origlnaun  dont  la  couvartura  an 
paplar  aat  lmprlm*a  aont  filmte  an  commancant 
par  la  pramlar  plat  at  an  tarminant  teit  par  la 
darniAra  paga  qui  eemporta  una  amprainta 
d'Impraaaion  ou  d'iituatration,  salt  par  la  lacond 
plat,  aalon  la  caa.  Toua  laa  autraa  anamplairai 
orlginauat  aont  film4a  an  commancant  par  la 
pramMra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'Impraaaion  ou  d'illuatration  at  an  tarminant  par 
la  darnlAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  taiia 
amprainta. 


Tha  laat  racordad  frama  on  aach  microficha 
ihall  contain  tha  aymbol  ^^  I  moaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  tha  tymbol  y  Imaaning  "END"), 
whichavar  appliaa. 


Un  daa  aymboiaa  luivanta  apparaitra  tur  la 
darnlAra  imaga  da  ehaqua  microficha.  lalon  la 
caa:  la  aymbola  — »  aignifia  "A  SUIVRE".  la 
lymboia  ▼  aignifia  "FIN". 


Mapa,  plataa.  charu.  ate,  may  ba  filmad  at 
diffarant  raduction  ratioa.  Thoaa  too  larga  to  ba 
antiraly  includad  in  ona  ajipoaura  ara  filmad 
baginning  in  tha  uppar  iaft  hand  cornar,  laft  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  framaa  aa 
raquirad.  Tha  following  diagrama  illuatrata  tha 
mathod: 


Laa  eartaa,  planchaa.  tablaaux.  ate.  pauvant  atra 
filmto  1  daa  taux  da  raduction  diftAranis. 
Loraqua  la  documant  aat  trop  grand  pour  itra 
raproduit  an  un  laul  clich*.  il  aat  filma  t  partir 
da  I'angla  lupAriaur  gaucha,  da  gaucha  i  droita, 
at  da  haut  an  baa,  an  pranant  la  nombra 
d'Imagaa  nteaaaaira.  Laa  diagrammaa  suivanis 
illuatrant  la  mathoda. 


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C^n'j8ttna0  eu  at  ^.  Mbin'g, 

To  the  assembled  folk 

At  Great  S.  Kavin's  spoke 
Young  Brother  Amiel  on  Christmas  eve ; 

I  give  you  joy,  my  friends, 

That  as  the  round  year  ends, 
We  meet  once  more  for  gladness  by  God's  leave. 

On  other  festal  days 

For  penitence  or  praise 
Or  prayer  we  meet,  or  fulness  of  thanksgiving ; 

To-night  we  calendar 

The  rising  of  that  star 
Which  lit  the  old  world  with  new  joy  of  living. 

Ah,  we  disparage  still 

The  Tidings  of  Good  Will, 
Discrediting  Love's  gospel  now  as  then ! 

And  with  the  verbal  creed 

That  God  is  love  indeed. 
Who  dares  make  Love  his  god  before  all  men  ? 


Shall  we  not  therefore,  friends, 

Resolve  to  make  amends 
To  that  glad  inspiration  of  the  heart ; 

To  grudge  not,  to  cast  out 

Selfishness,  malice,  doubt. 
Anger  and  fear;  and  for  the  better  part. 

To  love  so  much,  so  well. 

The  spirit  cannot  trfl 
The  range  and  sweep  of  her  own  boundary  ' 

There  is  no  period 

Between  the  soul  and  God : 
Love  is  the  tide,  God  the  eternal  sea. 

Of  old,  men  walked  by  fear; 

And  if  their  God  seemed  near, 
It  was  the  Avenger  unto  whom  they  bowed,— 

A  wraith  of  their  own  woes. 

Vain,  cruel,  and  morose. 
With  anger  and  vindictiveness  endowed. 

Of  old,  men  walked  by  hate ; 

The  ruthless  were  the  great; 
Their  crumbling  kingdoms  stayed  by  might  alone. 

Men  saw  vast  empires  die. 

Nor  guessed  the  reason  why,— 
The  simple  law  of  life  as  yet  unknown 


As  love.     Then  came  our  Lord, 

Proclaiming  the  accord 
Of  soul  and  nature  in  love's  rule  and  sway, 

The  lantern  that  he  set 

To  light  us,  shining  yet 
Along  the  Perfect  Path  wherein  we  stray. 

To-day  we  walk  by  love ; 

To  strive  is  not  enough, 
Save  against  greed  and  ignorance  and  might. 

We  apprehend  peace  comes 

Not  with  the  roll  of  drums, 
But  m  the  still  processions  of  the  night. 

And  we  perceive,  not  awe 

But  love  is  the  great  law 
That  binds  the  world  together  safe  and  whole. 

1  he  splendid  planets  run 

Their  courses  in  the  sun ; 
Love  is  the  gravitation  of  the  soul. 

In  the  profound  unknoi  -., 

Illumined,  fair,  and  lone. 
Each  star  is  set  to  shimmer  in  its  place. 

In  the  profound  divine 

Each  soul  is  set  to  shine. 
And  its  unique  appointed  orbit  trace. 

[3] 


There  is  no  near  nor  far, 

Where  glorious  Algebar 
Swings  round  his  mighty  circuit  through  the  night, 

Yet  where  without  a  sound 

The  winged  seed  comes  to  ground. 
And  the  red  leaf  seems  hardl;  to  alight. 

One  force,  one  lore,  one  need 

For  satellite  and  seed. 
In  the  serene  benignity  for  all. 

Letting  her  time-glass  run 

With  star-dust,  sun  by  sun. 
In  Nature's  thought  there  is  no  great  nor  small. 

There  is  no  far  nor  near 

Within  the  spirit's  sphere. 
The  summer  sunset's  scarlet-yellow  wings 

Are  tinged  with  the  same  dye 

That  paints  the  tulip's  ply. 
And  what  is  colour  but  the  soul  of  things  ? 

(The  earth  was  without  form ; 

God  moulded  it  with  storm. 
Ice,  flood,  and  tempest ;  then  when  all  was  through, 

Lest  it  should  come  to  ill 

For  lack  of  lovmg  still. 
He  gave  it  colour,  living  tint  and  hue.) 

[4] 


My  joy  of  yesterday 

Is  just  as  far  away 
As  the  first  rapture  of  my  man's  estate. 

A  lifetime  or  an  hour 

Has  all  there  is  of  power. 
In  Nature's  love  there  is  no  small  nor  great. 

Of  old,  men  said,  "  Sin  not; 

By  every  line  and  jot 
Ye  shall  abide;  man's  heart  is  false  and  vile  " 

Christ  said,  "  By  love  alone 

In  man's  heart  is  God  known ; 
Obey  the  word  no  falsehood  can  defile." 

The  wise  physician  ther" 

Of  our  distress  had  care, 
And  laid  his  finger  on  the  pulse  of  time. 

And  there  to  eyes  unsealed 

Earth's  secret  lay  revealed. 
The  truth  that  knows  not  any  age  nor  clime. 

The  heart  of  the  ancient  wood 

Was  a  grim  solitude, 
The  sanction  of  a  worship  no  less  grim; 

Man's  ignorance  and  fear 

Peopled  the  natural  year 
With  forces  evil  and  malign  to  him. 

[5] 


He  saw  the  wild  rough  way 

Of  cosmic  powers  at  play ; 
He  did  not  see  the  love  that  lay  below. 

Jehovah,  Mars,  and  Thor, 

These  were  the  gods  of  war 
He  made  in  his  own  likeness  long  ago. 

Then  came  the  Word,  and  said, 
"See  how  the  world  is  made,— 
With  how  much  loving  kindness,  ceaseless  care. 

Not  Wrath,  but  Love,  call  then 
^uTi.  ^°^^  of  beasts  and  men. 

Whose  nand  sustains  the  sparrows  in  the  air." 

And  since  that  day  we  prove 

Only  how  great  is  love, 
Nor  to  this  hour  its  greatness  half  believe. 

For  to  what  other  power 

Will  life  give  equal  dower. 
Or  chaos  grant  one  moment  of  reprieve ! 

Look  down  the  ages'  line, 

Where  slowly  the  divine 
Evinces  energy,  puts  forth  control; 

See  mighty  love  alone 

Transmuting  stock  and  stone, 
Infusmg  being,  helping  sense  and  soul. 

[6] 


And  what  is  energy, 
In-working,  which  bids  be 

\^U^  P*8,""'  ""'^  '''«  ''fc  of  earth  ? 
What  IS  the  genesis 

Ofeveryjoy  and  bliss, 

tach  action  dared,  each  beauty  brought  to  birth  ? 

,^hat  hangs  the  sun  on  high  ? 
^x,L  .  ^?'  **^"*  ''^«  growing  rye  ? 
What  bjds  ^he  loons  cry  on  tlie  Northern  lake' 

,^L     ^?"  '"  '**'"P  »nd  swale. 
When  April  winds  prevail. 
And  all  the  dwellers  of  tKe  ground  awake? 

What  lurks  in  the  dry  seed 
Tiut  waiting  to  be  freed, 

^"'"P  *"'*  P«'t"t  f°'  a  hundred  years? 

1  111  of  earth,  rain  and  sun, 

A  miracle  is  done. 
Some  magic  calls  the  sleeper  and  he  hears,— 

Arouses,  puts  forth  blade 

And  leaf  and  bud,  arrayed 
Some  morning  in  that  garb  of  rosy  snow, 

1  he  same  fair  matchless  flower 

As  shed  its  petal-shower 
Through  old  Iberian  gardens  long  ago. 

[7] 


What  is  it  that  endures, 

Survives,  persists,  immures 
Life  s  very  self;  preserving  type  and  plan  ?— 

Vet  learns  the  scope  of  change. 

As  the  long  cycles  range,— 
Looks  through  tlie  eyes  of  bKiebird,  wolf,  and  man  ? 

What  lurks  in  the  deep  gaze 

Ofthe  old  wolf?     Amaze, 
Hope,  recognition,  gladness,  anger,  fear. 

But  deeper  than  all  these 

Love  muses,  yearns  and  sees. 
And  IS  the  self  that  does  not  change  nor  veer. 

Not  love  of  self  alone, 

Struggle  for  lair  and  bone. 
But  self-denying  love  of  mate  and  young 

Love  that  is  kind  and  wise. 

Knows  trust  and  sacrifice. 
And  speaks  the  o'    dark  universal  tongue. 

In  Nature  you  behold 

But  strivings  manifold. 
Battle  and  conflict,  tribe  warring  agninst  tribe? 

Look  deeper,  and  see  all 

That  death  cannot  appal, 
I*  allure  intimidate,  nor  fortune  bribe. 

[8] 


Our  brothers  of  the  air 

B-K  m'^V""'  T**  J""'  ">"«  dare, 

Yet"th!nT"^{.''*^'!'!lT''''8'''""'»"dchoice; 
Yet  think,  when  glad  hosts  throne 
1  he  summer  woods  with  sontr 
Love  gave  them  beauty  and  love  lends  them  voice. 

Love  surely  ui  some  form 

W«,  the  dark  binnacle  that  held  them  true, 

1  nose  tiny  mariners 

No  unknown  voyage  deters, 
When  the  old  migrant  longing  stirs  anew. 

And  who  has  understood 

Our  brothers  of  the  wood. 
Save  he  who  put  off  guile  and  every  guise 

Of  violence,— made  truce 

With  panther,  bear  and  moose. 
As  beings  hke  ourselves  whom  love  makes  wise? 

For  they  too  do  love's  will. 

Our  lesser  clansmen  still ; 
I  he  House  of  Many  Mansions  holds  us  all  • 

Courageous,  glad  and  hale. 

/  hey  go  forth  on  the  trail, 
Hearing  the  message,  hearkening  to  the  call. 

[9] 


Oh,  not  fortuitoui  ch«nce 

%u^.r"T* ••'■'"  "«^''  «*"  kind; 
But  «Iw»ys  loving  will 

Was  present  to  fulfil 
1  he  pnm.l  purpose  groping  up  to  mind. 
Adversity  but  bade 
New  puissance  spring  to  aid 

r.       !Pf,"'y  ^'°'^  nought,— 

Gave  .k.ll  and  mastery  fot'he  shapes  of  clay; 

For  always  while  new  need 

oidsKs^s:re?o7;;e?x«oV"'^i  . 

Fortune  might  m^ouHev^r  ""'  ''''"• 
But  impulse  must  resolve, 
tqu.pped  at  length  to  know,  r^oice.  and  thrive. 

And  evermore  must  Love 
AnH  r""'"'  f<»-"«.  approve, 
And  look  upon  the  work*and  find  it  good  • 

Else  would  all  effort  fail,—         ^ " ' 

1  he  very  stars  avail 

Lessthanaswarmoffirefliesinawood. 


Take  love  out  of  the  world 

One  day,  and  we  are  hurled 
Back  into  night  to  perish  in  the  void. 

Love  IS  the  very  girth 

And  cincture  of  this  earth, 
No  stitch  to  be  unloosed,  no  link  destroyed. 

However  wild  and  long 
The  battle  of  the  strong, 

Stronger  and  longer  are  the  Urs  of  peace. 

When  gladness  has  its  way 

Under  the  fair  blue  day. 
And  life  aspires,  takes  thought,  bids  good  increase. 

So  dawns  the  awaited  hour 

When  the  great  cosmic  power 
Of  love  was  first  declared  by  (Christ;  so  too 

I  o-day  we  keep  in  mind 

His  name  who  taught  mankind 
1  hat  open  secret  old,  yet  ever  new,— 

Commemorate  his  birth 
Who  loved  the  kindly  earth, 

ln"l  ^'i"'""''*  "'"pa^ion'te,  humane. 
And  tolerant  and  wise 

And  glad,_the  very  guise 

And  height  of  manhood  not  to  lose 


again. 


[>'] 


Shall  we  not  then  forego 

Lavish  perfunctory  show, 
The  burdensome  display,  the  empty  gift, 

That  we  may  have  to  give 

To  every  soul  alive 
Of  love's  illumination,  cheer,  and  lift  ? 

See  rich  and  poor  be  fed  ! 

Break  up  thy  soul  for  bread. 
Be  loaves  and  fishes  to  the  hungry  heart. 

That  a  great  multitude. 

Receiving  of  thy  good. 
May  bless  the  God  within  thee  and  depart  I 

You  workmen,  love  your  work 

Or  leave  it.     Let  no  irk 
Unsteady  the  labourious  hand,  that  still 

Must  give  the  spirit  play 

To  follow  her  own  way 
To  beauty,  through  devotion,  care,  and  skill. 

How  otherwise  find  vent 

For  soul's  imperious  bent, 
Than  thro'  these  hands  for  wonder-working  made. 

When  Love  the  sure  and  bold 

Guides  to  the  unforetold  ? 
Blessed  the  craftsman  who  is  unafraid  ! 

[12] 


Give  Beauty  her  sweet  will. 

Make  love  your  mistress  still, 
You  lovers,  nor  delay  1     God's  time  be  yours. 

Make  low-born  jealousy 

And  doubt  ashamed  to  be, 
And  cast  old  envious  gossip  out  of  doors. 

Believe  the  truth  of  love. 

Enact  t!ie  beauty  of  love. 
Praise  and  adore  the  goodliness  of  love. 

For  we  are  wise  by  love. 

And  strong  and  fair  through  love. 
No  less  than  sainted  and  inspired  with  love. 

Remember  the  new  word 

The  Syrian  twilight  heard. 
That  marvellous  discourse  which  John  records, 

The  one  last  great  command 

The  Master  left  his  band, 
"  Love  one  another  !  "     And  our  time  affords 


What  greater  scope  than  just 

To  execute  that  trust  ? 
Love  greatly ;  love ;  love  is  life's  best  employ. 

Neighbour,  sweetheart,  or  friend. 

Love  wholly,  to  love's  end ; 
So  is  the  round  world  richer  for  your  joy. 

[13] 


Love  only,  one  or  all ! 

Measure  no  great  and  small ! 
Love  is  a  seed,  lire-bearing,  undecayed ; 

And  that  immortal  germ 

Past  bounds  of  zone  and  term 
Will  grow  and  cover  the  whole  world  with  shade. 

Sow  love,  it  cannot  fail ; 

Adversity's  sharp  hail 
May  cut  all  else  to  ground ;  ffW  love  survives. 

The  black  frost  of  despair 

And  slander's  bitter  air, — 
Love  will  outlast  them  by  a  thousand  lives. 

Be  body,  mind  and  soul. 

Subject  to  love's  control. 
Each  loving  to  the  limit  of  love's  power; 

And  all  as  one,  not  three. 

So  is  man's  trinity 
Enhanced  and  freed  and  gladdened  hour  by  hour. 

Beauty  from  youth  to  age, 

The  body's  heritage. 
Love  will  not  forfeit  by  neglect  nor  shame ; 

And  knowledge,  dearly  bought, 

Love  will  account  as  nought. 
Unless  it  serve  soul's  need  and  body's  claim. 

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Let  soul  desire,  mind  ask, 

And  body  crave  ;  our  task 
Be  to  fulfil  each  want  in  love's  own  way. 

So  shall  the  good  and  true 

Partake  of  beauty  too. 
And  life  be  helped  and  greatened  day  by  day. 

Spend  love,  and  save  it  not; 

In  act,  in  wish,  in  thought. 
Spend  love     jon  this  lifetime  without  stint. 

Let  not  the  heart  grow  dry. 

As  the  good  hours  go  by  ; 
Love  now,  see  earth  take  on  the  glory  tint. 

Open  the  door  to-night 

Within  your  heart,  and  light 
The  lantern  of  love  there  to  shine  afar. 

On  a  tumultuous  sea 

Some  straining  craft,  maybe. 
With  bearings  lost,  shall  sight  love's  silver  star. 


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OF  this  book  there  have  been  printed  in  all 
two  hundred  and  twenty  two  copies,  of 
which  one  hundred  and  siity  two  are  for  tale. 
Of  choM  to  be  sold  there  are  one  hundred  and 
fifty  on  hand  made  paper,  ten  on  Japan  paper 
ind  two  on  vellum. 


